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  1. When you are looking at which PC manufacturers sold the most computers, you don't lump all the ones that run Windows into one category and say Windows PCs win.

    You say that as if there aren't sites devoted to trying to determine the market share between Windows and Mac OS.

  2. But the bottom line is that we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world.

    You might want to look up the corporate tax rate in the UAE before you repeat talking points that you heard from Fox news and the GOP.

    The bottom line is that you're repeating lies.

  3. Re:VPN Honeypot on A Manager of the Exmo Bitcoin Exchange Has Been Kidnapped In Ukraine (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Might just have to settle for the guy being released and a few bitcoins being swiped.

    Or the kidnappers might settle for killing the guy because a few bitcoins isn't worth the risk that he could identify them.

  4. Feel free to list all the societies that were saved by intolerance to freedom of religion (because that is what we're discussing here). Or one. Just one society that saved itself from collapse by being intolerant of other religions.

    Once you do that, I'll accept that maybe the AC's use of that Aristotle quote wasn't wrong.

    Failing that, maybe you should take a good long look at what you're defending; yet another ass who thinks saying "happy holidays" is an attack on Christianity.
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  5. "Newton's second law still stands as correct", that is

    Goddamn voice recognition. Earlier it decided that "Merry Christmas, chum" was actually "Messy Christina's, chump."

  6. And yet Newton's second law still stands as incorrect and Aristotle was and is still wrong.

    Appeal to authority is a logical fallacy and anyone using a single, out-of-context quote from an authoritative figure as the sole proof to back up their opinion should not be trusted.

  7. Re:Worst slashdot article ever? on The Majority of Americans Prefer To Be Greeted With 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays', a Poll Finds · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "The downward movement of a mass of lead or gold or of any other body endowed with weight is quicker in proportion to its size"
    --Aristotle

    Being a famous philosopher doesn't mean you're always right.

  8. Re:Tartuferie on France Passes Law To Ban All Oil, Gas Production By 2040 (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Nah. We just need to get production started on the Ford Nucleon.

  9. Re:So it's a purge of conservatives on Twitter Rolls Out Stricter Rules On Abusive Content (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Conservatives can sue Twitter today. In the US, you can literally sue any person or company you want for any reason you want. All you need is money that you don't mind wasting and a willingness to be a public laughing stock if your reasons are too stupid.

  10. Re:Good! Let the trolls leave on Twitter Rolls Out Stricter Rules On Abusive Content (apnews.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Honestly, now is the time for someone to start up a non-censored competitor if you've got the money to start it and would like to make even more money while burying Twitter.

    Someone already created a non-censored Twitter-like platform over a year ago; Gab. It promptly became an alt-right echo chamber that everyone else avoids.

    So, yeah... good luck with that fabulous, money-making idea you've got there.

  11. Re:Good! Let the trolls leave on Twitter Rolls Out Stricter Rules On Abusive Content (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It was Cheryl Crow and she was actually making a joke which a lot of idiots took seriously because they cannot comprehend that someone who cares about the environment might not be crazy.

  12. Re:Interstellar "Pull my finger Meteoroids" on Why Meteoroids Explode Before Hitting the Earth (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't worry. Trump has assured everyone that he'll make the Martians pay for it.

  13. Re:not too sure how to spell this on 'App Truthers' Question the Accuracy of the Domino's Pizza Tracker (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Think along the lines of: If there is no benefit then why would it get more people to buy pizzas./quote

    Have a think on how your whole comment is completely detached from reality. Think really hard. (isn't being a condescending asshole fun?)

    Think along the lines of JC Penny's "No sale prices" strategy. Their idea was simple; rather than price everything 40% higher so that they can have fake sales like very other retailer, they just priced everything at a fair price. And then their sales figures tanked because people don't want a fair price, they want to think they're getting a bargain even when they aren't.

    There's no value in being told something is 'on sale' when it's the normal price marked down from an inflated price, yet that's what most consumers prefer.

    The Dominoes app works on the same principle. It's not real, but it provides the feeling that the customer is getting something even though they aren't. The company doesn't have to provide anything of value at all.

  14. Re:not too sure how to spell this on 'App Truthers' Question the Accuracy of the Domino's Pizza Tracker (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    When they do something for my benefit and it turns out to not actually happen

    What on Earth made you think that a pizza chain was producing an app to benefit you?

    The purpose of the app is to get more people to buy their pizza. Helping you doesn't come into the equation.

  15. How do you think a lawsuit over racism will cause the employees who are being accused of racism to vote to join the UAW?

    Please answer. I'm fairly sure the mental gymnastics required for that leap in logic will be almost as entertaining as the dearly departed Time Cube guy.

  16. Re:Tests carried out by Which? on Investigation Finds Security Flaws In 'Connected' Toys (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do test more like?

  17. Re:Send comments, flames, etc to the FCC here ... on Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    They'll listen to your comments the same way they listened to the comments about net neutrality. And if there's any significant amount, expect another overwhelming deluge of obviously bot-generated comments which will be accepted without question as proof that the majority of people aren't interested in privacy.

  18. How much extra in taxes are you willing to pay to keep innocent people who pled guilty in prison? Housing and taking care of prisoners is neither free nor cheap.

  19. Mississippi is at the ass end of half the country's watershed and continually has toxic chemicals in the water. If chemicals were the deciding factor on birth rate, Mississippi's would be among the lowest in the country.

  20. These comments are terrible on EPA Approves Release of Bacteria-Carrying Mosquitoes To 20 States (nature.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The bacteria they're using already exists in nature and already infects mosquitoes. Nothing is being released that isn't already out there. All this conjecture about genetically modified organisms, hybrids, extinction, jumping species, etc. is just knee-jerk fear-mongering by people who have no clue what they're talking about.

  21. Re:Reasons not to use cryptocurrency on Someone 'Accidentally' Locked Away $300M Worth of Other People's Ethereum Funds (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That is only true for goods and not for currency. Currency is re-used and recirculated many, many times. The cost to make it can be higher than what people are willing to pay for it, but the value of having a common currency to make financial transactions easier still makes it worthwhile for the government to produce it.

    The caveat to that is that the value of recycling the currency can't be allowed to exceed the value of the currency in the market. When that happens, people start hoarding the currency in hopes of making a profit by selling the raw materials (see the U.S. penny for a good example).

  22. Re:So she lost because, Russia? on Russia Hackers Had Targets Worldwide, Beyond US Election (apnews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yet multiple investigations have turned up absolutely no substantial evidence that she did anything illegal.

    Meanwhile, Trump's associates are bailing out left and right when proof of their wrongdoing is found and members are starting to get arrested and indicted for real crimes.

    You have a hilariously stupid definition of "less so"

  23. Looks like a remake of that Godley and Creme video on NVIDIA-Powered Neural Network Produces Freakishly Natural Fake Human Photos (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1
  24. Boot Camp will now include an entire day devoted to learning how to teabag corpses.

  25. Re:Ridiculous Stretch on While Equifax Victims Sue, Congress Limits Financial Class Actions (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There was that part where they offered free credit monitoring to victims, but buried a forced arbitration clause in the terms. Fortunately, that got enough press that they gave in and retracted it (for now).

    And let's not forget that some courts have agreed with Wells Fargo's claim that anyone who has ever done business with them has agreed to arbitration and that agreement is still in effect even after the business was completed. And some courts have agreed with them and forced the victims of that fraud into arbitration that resulted in incredibly light penalties.